Portable house



LP. 'McINERNEY.

PORTABLE HOUSE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.2r. 191a.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

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U portable house whose roof is made up of a onrio.

JOSEPH P. MoINE-RNEY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PORTABLE HOUSE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

Application filed November 27, 1918. Serial No. 264,424.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, JosEPH P. MOINERNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Portable Houses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to portable houses.

The main object of my. invention is to provide a weather-proof portable house of rigid and substantial construction that is composed of relatively small sections or units which are held securely together without the aid of nails or similar fastening devices, thereby enabling the house to be taken down and erected easily.

Another object is to provide a portable house that is composed of a number ofuniform sections detachably connectedtogether in such a manner that the length of the house can be increased easily simply by adding. additional sections or units to the side walls and to the roof.

And still another object is to provide a number of relatively narrow sections that extend transversely to the roof, each of said roof sections being provided with a waterproof covering of roofing paper or other.

suitable sheet'material and the various sections being combined in such a manner that the roof can be taken apart without liability of tearing or destroying the waterproof covering of said sections. Other objects and desirable features of my invention will be hereinafter pointed out.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a transverse sectional view of a portable house constructed in accordance with my invention.-

. Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of a portion of said house; and

Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional views taken on thelines 33 and. 4+4, respectively, of Fig. 2.

My improved house is of rectangular shape and is provided with a substantially A-shaped roof. The side, walls are composed of a number of relatively narrow sections. or panels, each of which extends the entire height, of theside wall, and the roof iscomposed of a niunber of relatively narrow sections, each of which extendstransversely across the entire width of the house.

. walls. are required to, hold the side wallpanels in operative position, as each vpanelhajs its side The roof-is not provided with a ridge pole and the sections of the roof are so constructed that they can be taken apart and assembled without liability of destroying or tearing the water-proof covering which prefer-v designates the sections or panels of-the side walls and B designates uprights or stand:

ards that are arranged between j said side wall panels. Each of the side wall panels A is composed of a number of horizontallydisposed boards 1 whose ends are rabbeted, one end of said boards being mortised into a frame member 2, as shown in Fig. 4. .The

uprights Bare preferably formed of wood and eachupright is provided in one of its sides with a deep groove or channel to which receives the frame member 2 ofone side wall panel. Said upright is provided in its oppositeside face with a shallow groove 1? that receives the rabbeted portion at the opposite edge of the adjacent side wall panel. Inthe operation of erecting the side walls ofthe house one of theside wall panels is first arranged, in an upright position, a standard B is then arranged parallel to the panel and slipped over the frame member 2 at one edge of the panel, another side wallpanel is then arranged parallel to the upright and slipped into theshallow groove 10 in same, and so on. The side; wall .panels A .extend theentire height of. the side walls and said panels are narrow enough to enable them to be handled convenientlyby one person during the operationof erectingv or taking down the side Furthermore, no fastening devices edges mortised, into two uprights or standards B that extend the entire heightof the side wall. a I

The roof of the house which forms the princ pal feature ofv my; invention, comprises a number of relatively vnarrow, roof sections O that are dividedby joints which extend transversely of the roof.-.- -Eachroof section C is composed of two oppositely inclined portionsrigidly connected together and pro;

vided with a single strip of water-proof covering 3 that extends unbrokenly from one end of the section to the other across the apex of the section. All of the roof sec tions are of the same construction and each consists of two parallel frame members a and 5 of substantially inverted V shape that are connected together by short boards 6 of approximately the same length as the boards 1 in the side wall panels. The frame member 4 at one edge of each roof section is preferably composed of two pieces of 2X4 arranged at an angle to each other and connected together by a short tie member or roof brace 7 that is nailed to one side of said pieces of 2X 1 where the inner ends of same butt together, as shown in Fig. 1. Said pieces of 22rd are also connected together by a long tie member or roof brace 8 nailed to the sides of same and arranged some distance below the short tie member 7 A rabbet 3 is formed in the upper edge of the frame member 4: for a purpose hereinafter described. The frame member 5 at the other edge of the roof section is composed of two strips of wood arranged in the form of an inverted V and connected together in any suitable manner, preferably, by toe-nailing the abutting ends of said strips and connect ing them together by a cross brace 9, as shown in Fig. 1. The frame member 5 is of considerably less depth than the frame member i and is so proportioned that when the sections of the roof are combined or arranged in opertaive position, the shallow frame member 5 at one edge of one roof section will fit in the rabbet y in the upper edge of the relatively deep frame member 4 on the adjacent roof section, as shown in Fig. 3. For the sake of economy in manufacture, I prefer to form the shallow frame member of each roof section from two pieces of material that are cut out of the two pieces of that constitute the deep frame member 1- at the other edge of said section. It will be obvious, however, that the roof sections can be formed in various ways without de parting from the spirit of my invention, so long as the frame members are of such form that the member at one edge of each roof section will serve as a support for the frame member at the other edge of an adjacent roof section. The short tie member 7 and the long tie member 8 on each roof section are so arranged that the ends of said tie members, designated by the reference character as in Fig. 1 will project upwardly above the lower edge of the rabbet 1/ in the member a on which the shallow frame member 5 of the adjacent roof section bears, thus forming retaining devices on the deep frame members 4 that lap over the shallow frame members 5, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 and prevent the roof sections from separating or pulling apart longitudinally of the roof.

By constructing the roof in this manner 1 overcome the necessity of using nails or simi lar fastening devices to secure the roof sections together and I obtain a rigid sectional roof that can be easily taken apart or assembled. The deep frame members t of the roof sections are notched out on their undersides adjacent the outer ends of said members as indicated at u in Fig. 1 so that they can be slipped downwardly over the upper ends of the uprights or standards B of the side walls, and each roof section is provided adjacent its outer ends with depending fascia plates 10 that lap over the upper edge portions of the side wall panels A, and thus form tight joints between the side wall panels and the roof. The roof sections C are preferably so proportioned that a single strip of standard roofing paper or other suitable water-proof roofing material can be laid upon and secured to same without cutting the paper, and means of novel construction is provided for securing the strips of roofing material to the roof sections and for forming tight joints between said sections.

In the form of my invention herein shown each of the roof sections is provided at its opposite side edges with a strip 11 that extends from one end of the section to the other and which is permanently connected to the boards 6 in said section by nails or other suitable fastening devices, as shown in Fig. 3. When the strip of roofing material 3 is applied to the roof section, the side edges of said strip of roofing material are lapped over the strips 11. Thereafter, wooden strips 12 are arranged upon the roofing material in sufficiently close proximity to the strips 11 to securely clamp the edge portions of the roofing paper between the strips 11 and 12, the strips 12 being secured to the boards 6 of the roof section by nails or other suitable fastening devices. When the roof sections are assembled in operative position, the strips 11 and 12 at the side edge of each roof section constitute a bead that extends longitudinally of the roof section parallel to a similar head at the opposite edge of an adjacent roof section. The joints between the roof sections are protected by cover members 13 of substantially inverted channel shape in cross section, which extend over the cooperating beads at the edges of the adj acent roof sections, each roof section being provided at one edge with a cover member 13, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The cover member 13 of each roof section is permanently connected to the same edge of the section to which the shallow frame member 5 is secured so as to permit the roof sections to be lifted ofi easily when it is desired to take the house a art. To take the roof apart the roof sections 0 are lifted off one at a time, beginning with the'roof section at the left hand end of the house, looking at Fig. 2. Therefrom the uprightskB. The roof sections are narrow enough to enable them'to be handled conveniently, and in view of the fact that -the roof covering is composed'of strips of roofing material that are connected to the individual roof sections, it is not necessary to destroy or tear the roofing material when the roof is taken apart. Consequently, my portable house-is a decided improvement on the portable houses nowin general use, particularly those used as garages, as most of the so-called portable garages are equipped with a roof composed of large sections extending lengthwise of'the garage and covered wlth roofing paper which has 'tobe'removed every time the garage is taken down and put up again, due to the fact that the roofing paper is used to cover the joints between the sections of the roof. In my improved house each section of the roof is provided with a separate piece of water-proof roofing material which terminates at the side edges of said section and which extends unbrokenly from one end of the section to the other, the joints between the roof sections being protected and made water-proof by means of separate and distinct cover members 13.

My improved house can be manufactured at a low cost on account of its simple construction, and it has another very desirable feature which makes it adapted to use for a garage, namely, it can be lengthened by merely adding additional wall and roof sections.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A house roof composed of a number of substantially A-shaped sections detachably connected together, a relatively shallow frame member at one edge of each section extending transversely of the roof, a relatively deep frame member at the opposite edge of each section arranged parallel to the shallow frame member of said section and provided at its upper edge with a rabbet for receiving the shallow frame member of an adjacent section, and means for holding the cooperating shallow and deep frame members of adjacent sections in Vertical alinement with each other.

2. A house roof composed of a number of substantially A-shaped sections detachably connected together, a relatively shallow frame member at one edge of each section extending transversely of the roof, a relatively deep frame member at the opposite edge of each section arranged parallel to the shallow frame member of said section and provided at its upper edge with a rabbet for receiving the shallow frame member of an adjacent section, and devices on said deep frame members that project upwardly above the bottoms of the rabbetstherein so as to lap over the shallow frame members and thus prevent the sections from pulling apart connected together, a relatively shallow frame member at one edge of. each'section extending transversely of the roof, a: rela tlvely deep frame member at the opposite I edge ofeachsection arranged parallel to the shallowframe-member of said section and provided at its uppertedge with a rabbet for receiving the shallow frame member of an adj acent section, and transversely-disposed cross braces connected to the sides of said deep frame members and having their ends lapping over the shallow frame members seated in the rabbets in said deep frame members, thereby preventing the sections of the roof from pulling apart longitudinally.

4:. A house roof composed of a number of sections, each of which extends transversely of the roof from one side edge of same to the other, said sections being provided at their side edges with upwardly-projecting abutting beads, and a cover member permanently connected to one edge of each roof section that laps .over the bead on an adj acent roof section.

5. A house roof composed of a number of sections that extend transversely of the roof, each section of the roof extending unbrokenly from one edge of the roof to the other and being provided with a strip of roofing material whose edge portions are clamped between members that constitute beads which extend transversely of the roof, and a cover member of substantially inverted channel shape connected to the bead at one edge of each section and arranged so that it embraces the bead on the other edge of an adjacent roof section.

6. A house roof, composed of a number of removable. sections detachably connected together and each extending unbrokenly from one edge of the roof to the other, and frame members permanently connected with said roof sections, the frame member on one edge of each section being supported by and arranged in vertical alinement with the frame member at the opposite edge of an adjacent roof section.

7. A house roof composed of a number of sections that extend transversely of the roof, each of said sections being provided at one edge with a relatively deep frame member and at its opposite edge with a relatively shallow frame member, each of the deep frame members being provided at its upper edge with a rabbet for receiving the shallow frame member of an adjacent roof section, transversely-disposed braces secured to said deep frame members and having their ends lapping over the shallow frame members, thereby preventing the sections of the roof frame separating or pulling apart longitudinally of the roof, and a cover member permanently connected to each section that extends over the joint between said section and an adjacent section.

8. A house roof composed of a number of sections, each of which extends unbrokenly from one edge of the roof to the other, a

.relatively deep frame member on one edge of each roof section provided at its upper side with a notch, and a relatively shallow frame member on the other edge of each roof section that fits in the notch in the deep frame member of an adjacent roof section.

9. A gable roof composed of a number of substantially A-shaped sections that extend unbrokenly from one edge of the roof to the other, overlapping frame members on the side edges of said sections that lie in the same vertical plane, and transversely-disposed braces secured to said frame members and provided at their ends with portions that prevent the sections from pulling apart longitudinally of the roof.

JOSEPH P. MGINERNEY.

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